• Travis Airmen test equipment with AMC headquarters

    Members of the 60th Aerial Port Squadron worked alongside Airmen from Air Mobility Command headquarters to perform a special test Sept. 21 on an all-terrain forklift at Travis. The test is designed to measure the amount of stress an attachment on the forks of the vehicle can withstand. The

  • Red Cross honors Travis Airmen for saving lives

    One individual and two groups from Travis were recently honored at the American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter's Solano County Heroes Breakfast for saving lives.Senior Airman Ryan Reyes, 60th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, seven members of the 60th Maintenance Group and six individuals from the 21st

  • Integrity defines people, Airmen

    Integrity - What is this core value that we in the Air Force embrace as our most essential? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines integrity as "firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values: incorruptibility." But is that all? Is it truly just a moral code or the practice of

  • Former service member continues to serve Travis community

    A woman vastly devoted to the duties of being an Airman made a difficult decision to separate from the military, after three years of service, for the benefit of her daughter.After leaving a culture she had wholeheartedly embraced and had easily become familiar to her, she found herself struggling

  • When to contact a commercial travel office

    Commercial Travel Offices are contracted to support travel arrangements made both in conjunction with the Defense Travel System and outside that system. The questions and answers below will assist travelers in determining when it may be necessary to call a CTO directly and when support is readily

  • Understanding Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

    Hag Sameach ... Happy holidays to our Jewish brothers and sisters!Thursday marked the beginning of the highest holy days in Judaism: Rosh Hashanah. The word literally means "head of the year." Rosh Hashanah is the first of the high holidays or Yamim Noraim, which means days of awe in Hebrew,

  • 18th Air Force welcomes new commander

    Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay formally assumed command of the 18th Air Force from Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice in a change of command ceremony today at the Scott Club here. "The flag that we're passing today is significant ... it's the flag, it's the guidon, it's the colors of the Eighteenth Air Force,"

  • AF announces civilian early retirement, separation incentive options

    The Air Force is implementing civilian Voluntary Early Retirement Authority and Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay programs, Air Force officials announced today."Our goal with these programs is to mitigate the impact of reduced fiscal year 2012 funding on our permanent civilian workforce," said Maj.